Some people have above average memories.

I feel i have a good memory, but not with remembeing names. I can remember faces and details, also remember from early childhood, baby. I remember walking down a hall and having my parent help me. My husband hates the fact how I remember things better than him since that means i usually win an argument. it is astounding how some ppls minds work. I have seen ppl with awesome memories and wish i cld do that. Especially when it comes to remembering events in history, numbers, etc.

i must admit that i am bad with names as well as dates.. there are times when i just pretend that i know the person when in fact i forgot his/her name.. i just try not to make it obvious to the other person.. fortunately, it still has not gotten me to any trouble.. i guess there are really those people who are good with names and i'm just not one of them.. LOL

I think that it all depends on how strong the memory is to us. some memories will stay with us longer and remain a part of our memory for years to come. some memories will just fizzle And fade away if they are not as important to our world.

Although I feel I have a great memory I have had this same situation happen to me at one time and or another. I too rack my brain trying really hard to figure why on earth I, being so great at remembering can't figure out why I couldn't. Perhaps subconsciously I was way too busy and not paying attention at the time, it is still a mystery on how this can happen at times.

hello, I think we are the same. But when I am trying to remember them I usually figure out who are them even though it is too long to think. ha ha yeah, their are people who can remember easily those people who their interact even though it will just be your second time you meet him or he is not really your close friend. right? He still remember you. Maybe we should try to practice our minds. but I think this not our ability to know other people easily.

Maybe you have a big personality that is easy for others to remember. Sometimes it's hard for me to remember people who don't talk much.

Encounters like that I can relate too well. Someone walks up and treats you like you've known them for years and you haven't a clue to who they are. I usually talk like I know them hoping to figure it out later. But wish later that I had asked who they were.

Everyone is different at good things. People are left or right brained and I think this has a big influence on your memory and how well you remember details. People who are left brained remember details about people like their name, eye color, what shirt they were wearing, dates, etc. People who are right brained are more of big picture people and remember the big picture instead of the small details. A big picture person wouldn't remember the specific details about each person but that they met a bunch of people at this event. If you are right handed, you are more likely to be left brained, and if you are left, you are more likely to be right brained. So, it does not mean you have a bad memory, you just use a different side of the brain!